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The Political Philosophy of Niccolo Machiavelliby: Del Lucchese, Filippo

The Political Philosophy of Niccolo Machiavelli
by: Del Lucchese, Filippo

Hardcover. Edinburgh University Press, 1st, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 210 pages. All students of Western political thought encounter Niccolo Machiavelli's work. Nevertheless, his writing continues to puzzle scholars and readers who are uncertain how to deal with the seeming paradoxes they encounter. 'The Political Philosophy of Niccolo Machiavelli' is a clear account of Machiavelli's thought, major theories and central ideas. It critically engages with his work in a new way, one not based on the problematic Cambridge-school approach. Geared towards the specific requirements of students who need to reach a sound understanding of Machiavelli's ideas, it is the ideal companion to the study of this influential and challenging philosopher.

Record # 387926

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La Pratique Des Vertus Chrestiennes Ou Tous Les Devoirs De L'Homme (FRENCH TEXT)by: n/a

La Pratique Des Vertus Chrestiennes Ou Tous Les Devoirs De L'Homme (FRENCH TEXT)
by: n/a

Hardcover. Chez Rene' Pean, 1st thus, 1680, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 648 pages. Hardcover. Brown leather bound cover boards (age wear-see images) with faded gilt title on spine and raised bands. Front cover board completely separated from spine with front flyleaf. Previous owner's notes on preliminary page, dated "1694 16 November". Dark brown dyed edges. Tanning to pages (some partially detached from spine) from age. A few stray ink marks on pages. Christian devotions in French text.

Record # 99229

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St. Peter's in the Vaticanby: William Tronzo (Editor)

St. Peter's in the Vatican
by: William Tronzo (Editor)

Hardcover. NY, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, maroon cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, 320 pages, b&w illustrations. St. Peter's in the Vatican has a long and turbulent history. First constructed in the fourth century to honor the tomb of St. Peter, the Early Christian edifice was gradually torn down and replaced by the current structure. The history of the design and construction of this new building spans several centuries and involved several of the most brilliant architects, including Bramante, Michelangelo and Bernini, of the early modern period. This volume presents an overview of St. Peter's history from the late antique period to the twentieth century. Lacks dust jacket, clean, bright copy.

Record # 398310

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The Doctrine of Propositions and Terms by: Arthur N. Prior

The Doctrine of Propositions and Terms
by: Arthur N. Prior

Hardcover. Amherst MA, University of Massachusetts Press, 1st US, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright blue dust jacket, 143 pages. Edited by P. T. Geach and A. J. P. Kenny. Name on front fly leaf, light pencil notations to 20 pages.

Record # 386665

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Metaphysik und Theologieby: No Author

Metaphysik und Theologie
by: No Author

Hardcover. Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 131 pages. German text. Previous owner's stamp on front end paper. Light wear to blue cloth covers. No dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 459246

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The Saving Grace of America's Green Jeremiad by: John Gatta

The Saving Grace of America's Green Jeremiad
by: John Gatta

Hardcover. Lanham MD, Lexington Books, 1st, 2022, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 143 pages. American nature writing characteristically embodies an appreciative, lyrical evocation of the natural world. But often, too, green-disposed authors have been moved to dramatize diverse, anthropogenic perils to environmental health. John Gatta freshly reveals how this dark yet graced and hopeful strain of environmental literature enlarges upon a jeremiad tradition of prophecy inherited from Puritan New England. Across successive historical periods, such expression has assumed a rich variety of American form--as creative nonfiction, poetry, fiction, or film documentary. In the spirit of ancient Hebrew prophecy, jeremiads--unlike diatribes--reach beyond effusions of doom and gloom toward the prospect of change through a conversion of heart. Accordingly, the new climate fiction and much other writing steeped in what Gatta terms this "Green Jeremiad" tradition not only warn of material threats to life's flourishing, but may also look to stir spiritual understanding and renewal. Clean copy.

Record # 379557

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The Unity of Plato's Sophist: Between the Sophist and the Philosopher (Cambridge Classical Studies)by: Noburu Notomi

The Unity of Plato's Sophist: Between the Sophist and the Philosopher (Cambridge Classical Studies)
by: Noburu Notomi

Hardcover. UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 346 pages. Dr. Notomi presents a new interpretation of one of Plato's most important dialogues, the Sophist, addressing both historical context and philosophical content. He shows how important the issues concerning the sophist (professional teacher and rhetorician in ancient Greece) are to the possibility of philosophy. His new approach to the whole dialogue reveals that Plato struggles with difficult philosophical issues in a single line of inquiry; and that Plato shows, in defining the sophist, his conception of the authentic philosopher. Name, date on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 386261

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Man Of Galilee, The - Twelve Scenes From The Life Of Christby: Barton, Bruce and Dean Cornwell

Man Of Galilee, The - Twelve Scenes From The Life Of Christ
by: Barton, Bruce and Dean Cornwell

NY, Cosmopolitan Book Corp., 1st Thus, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 137 pages, 12 color plates by Dean Cornwell. Color illustrated frontispiece. Prelim pages with light foxing. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Soil and light edgewear to covers. Plates clean and bright.

Record # 203099

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Priscillian of Avila: The Occult and the Charismatic in the Early Church by: Chadwick, Henry

Priscillian of Avila: The Occult and the Charismatic in the Early Church
by: Chadwick, Henry

Hardcover. UK, Oxford University Press, reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 250 pages. Priscillian (died c.385) was a wealthy nobleman of Roman Hispania who promoted a strict form of Christian asceticism. He became bishop of Avila in 380. Certain practices of his followers (such as meeting at country villas instead of attending church) were denounced at the Council of Zaragoza in 380. Tensions between Priscillian and bishops opposed to his views continued, as well as political manoeuvring by both sides. Around 385, Priscillian was charged with sorcery and executed by authority of the Emperor Maximus. The ascetic movement Priscillianism is named after him, and continued in Hispania and Gaul until the late 6th century. Tractates by Priscillian and close followers, which had seemed lost, were discovered in 1885 and published in 1889. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 386259

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De Iure Belli ac Pacis Libri Tres In Quibus Ius Naturae et Gentium..by: Grotius Hugo/PC. Molhuysen (editor )

De Iure Belli ac Pacis Libri Tres In Quibus Ius Naturae et Gentium..
by: Grotius Hugo/PC. Molhuysen (editor )

Hardcover. Clark NJ, The Lawbook Exchange,, 2005, Hardcover, blue cloth stamped in green with gilt lettering, 752 pages. No dust jacket. Reprint of the standard critical Latin edition of Grotius's magnum opus of 1625, which established the framework of modern international law. Grotius describes the situations in which war is a valid tool of law enforcement and outlines the principles of armed combat. Though based on Christian natural law, Grotius advanced the novel argument that his system would still be valid if it lacked a divine basis. In this regard he pointed to the future by moving international law in a secular direction. A work of painstaking philological research, this edition is based on the final version edited by the author, which issued posthumously in 1646. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 384226

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Four Dissertations by: Richard Price

Four Dissertations
by: Richard Price

Hardcover. Bristol UK, Thoemmes, reprint, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 464 pages. The handsome 1990 re-issue of the 1768 1st edition with a new introduction by John Stephens. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 384228

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The Principles of Logic (Volume 2)by: Bradley, F. H.

The Principles of Logic (Volume 2)
by: Bradley, F. H.

Hardcover. Oxford UK, Oxford University Press, reprint, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, navy cloth covered boards with gilt titling to spine. Reprint of the revised second edition with commentary and terminal essays. Light pencil marking to ten pages, otherwise clean and tight copy. Volume 2 only of a two volume set.

Record # 384266

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Buddhist Centres In Ancient Indiaby: Chaudhury, Binayendra Nath.

Buddhist Centres In Ancient India
by: Chaudhury, Binayendra Nath.

Hardcover. Calcutta, Sanskrit College, reprint, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket. 290 pages, no marking. Originally printed in 1969.

Record # 382076

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Sermons On Various Subjects, Divine And Moral: With A Sacred Hymn Suited To Each Subjectby: Isaac Watts

Sermons On Various Subjects, Divine And Moral: With A Sacred Hymn Suited To Each Subject
by: Isaac Watts

Hardcover. Boston, Rogers & Fowle, 7th Ed., 1746, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, contemporary calf. Sermons on Various Subjects, Divine and Moral: With a Sacred Hymn Suited to each Subject. Designed for the Use of Christian Families, as well as for the Hours of Devout Retirement. By I. Watts, D.D., Formerly published in Two Volumes, and now reduced into One. The Seventh Edition. Boston, New-England, Printed and Sold by Rogers and Fowle in Queen-street, next to the Prison, and by J. Blanchard at the Bible and Crown in Dock-Squre. 1746. VOLUMES I & II BOUND IN ONE; A COMPLETE WORK. 740 pages. Two title pages, but first 8 leaves of text (Dedication) torn and chipped. Partial 28 page pamphlet laid-in at rear (only pp 5-23), very worn. Book itself is firmly bound with mostly bright, clean pages. Previous owner's name on front fly leaf. Three pages of advertisements in rear with tears, light stain. DUE TO SIZE, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 398441

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Intention and Identity: Collected Essays Volume II (Collected Essays of John Finnis) by: John Finnis

Intention and Identity: Collected Essays Volume II (Collected Essays of John Finnis)
by: John Finnis

Hardcover. NY/London, Oxford University Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 350 pages. The essays in Intention and Identity explore themes in Finnis' work touched on only lightly, if at all, in Natural Law and Natural Rights, developing profound accounts of personal identity and existence; group identity and common good; and intention and choice as action- and self-shaping. In his many-faceted study of what it is to be a human person, and a human community, Finnis not only engages with contemporary philosophers and bioethicists such as Peter Singer, Michael Lockwood and John Harris, with thinkers from other traditions such as Karol Wojtyla (John Paul II), and with judges in the highest courts. He also offers illuminating and deeply considered readings of Shakespeare and Aquinas, and debates with Roger Scruton, Joseph Raz, Hans Kelsen, John Rawls, Glanville Williams, Richard Posner, Ronald Dworkin and others. The role of intention in the criminal law and the law of civil wrongs is searchingly explored through case-law, as are judicial attempts to understand conditional and preparatory intentions. Moral or bioethical issues discussed include in vitro fertilization, cloning, abortion, euthanasia, and 'brain death', patriotism, multi-culturalism and immigration.

Record # 371654

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The Buddha and Five After-Centuries by: Dutt, Sukumar

The Buddha and Five After-Centuries
by: Dutt, Sukumar

Hardcover. London, Luzak and Company, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 252 pages with b&w plates plus index. Clean copy, no dust jacket.

Record # 383019

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A Philosophy of the Religions of Ancient Greeks and Israelites(SIGNED COPY)by: Kimpel, Ben

A Philosophy of the Religions of Ancient Greeks and Israelites(SIGNED COPY)
by: Kimpel, Ben

Softcover. Lanham, University Press of America, 1st, 1983, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 311 pages. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Light foxing to edges and covers. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 609633

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The Biblical Politics of John Locke by: Parker, Kim Ian

The Biblical Politics of John Locke
by: Parker, Kim Ian

Hardcover. Ontario CA, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 201 pages. Clean, bright copy. "Parker has produced a clear and well-researched study of an aspect of Locke's thought that theologians may have tended to miss because it is to do with politics, and that political theorists may have tended to overlook because it involves the Bible and theology. For this he is to be congratulated. Theologians today may also learn from the debate between Filmer and Locke the profoundly unsatisfactory character of attempts to resolve contemporary issues, whether in politics, society, or religion, by imaginative and inventive applications of stray texts. In this respect what is past gives a warning to the present. How will current debates citing biblical texts (for example, in debates about the treatment of homosexuals, or about the consecration of women, or about divine intervention and design in creation) be seen in centuries hence? Those who, with Locke, confidently condemn the speck distorting Filmer's religio-political view, must examine whether, what they see is free from distortion by the `learned Gibberish' of inherited prejudices and convictions. It is to Parker's credit that this useful contribution to the history of thought also raises controversial contemporary challenges.''

Record # 384009

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English Philosophy in the Age of Locke by: Stewart, M.A. (ed.)

English Philosophy in the Age of Locke
by: Stewart, M.A. (ed.)

Hardcover. Oxford UK/NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 326 pages. Volume 3 of Oxford Studies in the History of Philosophy Series. Light pencil marking to about 20 pages.

Record # 384045

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Locke on Money. Edited together with Ancillary Manuscripts, an Introduction, Critical Apparatus, and Notes by Patrick Hyde Kelly.(2 Volumes)by: Locke, John and Kelly,

Locke on Money. Edited together with Ancillary Manuscripts, an Introduction, Critical Apparatus, and Notes by Patrick Hyde Kelly.(2 Volumes)
by: Locke, John and Kelly,

Hardcover. Oxford UK, Clarendon Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover set, complete in two volumes, both with bright dust jackets. Locke on Money presents for the first time the entire body of the philosopher's writings on this important subject (other than Two Treatises of Government). Accurate texts, together with an apparatus listing variant readings and significant manuscript changes, record the evolution of Locke's ideas from the original 1668-74 paper on interest to the three pamphlets on interest and coinage published in the 1690s. The introduction by Patrick Hyde Kelly establishes the wider context of Locke's writings in terms of contemporary debates on these subjects, the economic conditions of the time, and the circumstances of writing and publication. It shows, notably, that Locke's supposed responsibility for the 1696 recoinage is a myth. The account of what Locke derived from Mercantilist writings and of how he reformulated these in accordance with his philosophy illuminates his contribution to the evolution of economics, and will aid reappraisal of Two Treatises. The picture that emerges confirms Locke's status as major economic thinker, contrary to the prevalent view of recent decades. There are two volumes in the edition. The first contains the introductory matter, and the texts of the Early Writings on Interest, 1688-74, and Some Considerations. The second comprises Short Observations, Further Considerations, and the Appendices, Bibliography, and Index. 664 total pages. Name on front fly leaf in Vol. 1, otherwise clean.

Record # 384156

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John Locke: Essays on the Law of Nature: The Latin Text with a Translation, Introduction and Notes, Together with Transcripts of Locke's Shorthand in his Journal for 1676 by:

John Locke: Essays on the Law of Nature: The Latin Text with a Translation, Introduction and Notes, Together with Transcripts of Locke's Shorthand in his Journal for 1676
by:

Hardcover. Oxford UK, Clarendon Press, reprint, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket, 292 pages, two b&w plates. Written before his better-known philosophical works, these essays fully explain how natural law is known and to what extent it is binding. Name on front fly leaf, about 20 pages with light pencil marking.

Record # 384179

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A Parting of the Ways: Carnap, Cassirer, and Heideggerby: Friedman, Michael

A Parting of the Ways: Carnap, Cassirer, and Heidegger
by: Friedman, Michael

Softcover. Chicago/LaSalle IL, Open Court, reprint, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 175 pages. This work examines how social and political events intertwined and influenced philosophy during the early 20th-century, ultimately giving rise to two different schools of thought - analytic philosophy and continental philosophy. Light marking to ten pages. Otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Record # 384280

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DES VRAIES ET DES FAUSSES IDEES Edition, pr?©sentation et notes par Denis Moreau by: Arnauld, Antoine

DES VRAIES ET DES FAUSSES IDEES Edition, pr?©sentation et notes par Denis Moreau
by: Arnauld, Antoine

Softcover. Paris, Librairie philosophique J. Vrin, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 254. FRENCH TEXT. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 384427

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Russian Church and Russian Dissent, The: Comprising Orthodoxy, Dissent, and Erratic Sectsby: Heard, Albert F.

Russian Church and Russian Dissent, The: Comprising Orthodoxy, Dissent, and Erratic Sects
by: Heard, Albert F.

Hardcover. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1st, 1887, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 310 pages. Brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Light wear and rubbing to covers and edges of spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 354098

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The Republic of Plato (Two Volumes)by: Plato / James Adam

The Republic of Plato (Two Volumes)
by: Plato / James Adam

Softcover. Cambridge University Press, reprint, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two softcover volumes: Vol. 1: Books 1-V, 364 pages. Vol. 2: Books VI-X and Indexes, 531 pages. Previous owner's name, otherwise clean. James Adam (1860-1907) was a Scottish classics scholar who taught at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. A strong defender of the importance of Greek philosophy in a well-rounded education, Adam published a number of Plato's works including Protagoras and Crito. This two-volume critical edition of the Republic (1902) was another major contribution to the field. Though his preface claims 'an editor cannot pretend to have exhausted its significance by means of a commentary,' Adam's depth of knowledge and erudite analysis of the Greek text ensured that his edition remained the standard reference for decades to follow, and it remains a thought-provoking evaluation of one of the great works of Western thought.

Record # 386138

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Panorthosia  or Universal Reform by Comenius Chapters 1-18 and 27by: John Amos Comenius / A.M.O. Dobbie (transl.)

Panorthosia or Universal Reform by Comenius Chapters 1-18 and 27
by: John Amos Comenius / A.M.O. Dobbie (transl.)

Hardcover. UK, Sheffield Academic Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with gilt lettering, 256 pages. Clean copy.

Record # 386166

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Religion and Rational Theology (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant)by: Immanuel Kant / Allen W. Wood (Translator)

Religion and Rational Theology (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant)
by: Immanuel Kant / Allen W. Wood (Translator)

Hardcover. UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 518 pages. This volume collects for the first time in a single volume all of Kant's writings on religion and rational theology. These works were written during a period of conflict between Kant and the Prussian authorities over his religious teachings. The historical context and progression of this conflict are charted in the general introduction to the volume and in the translators' introductions to particular texts. All the translations are new with the exception of The Conflict of the Faculties, where the translation has been revised and redited to conform to the guidelines of the Cambridge Edition. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Record # 386183

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The Route of Parmenides: A New Revised Edition with a New Introduction Three Supplemental Essays and an Essay by Gregory Vlastos. by: Mourelatos, Alexander P. D.

The Route of Parmenides: A New Revised Edition with a New Introduction Three Supplemental Essays and an Essay by Gregory Vlastos.
by: Mourelatos, Alexander P. D.

Softcover. Las Vegas, Parmenides Publishing, Reised Ed., 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 408 pages. Mourelatos' study of the fragments of Parmenides' poem combines traditional philological reconstruction with the approaches of literary criticism and philosophical analysis in order to reveal the thought structure and expressive unity of the best preserved and most important, influential, and coherent text of Greek philosophy before Plato. Through philosophical, philological, and literary analysis, Mourelatos examines the morphology of images and metaphors in Parmenides' text with the aim of articulating and interpreting the poem's key concepts and component arguments. Relevant antecedents and parallels from the tradition of epic poetry, especially from Homer's Odyssey, are explored in depth. Mild wrinkling to first 10 pages at top. otherwise clean, like new.

Record # 386316

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The Opacity of Mind: An Integrative Theory of Self Knowledgeby: Carruthers, Peter

The Opacity of Mind: An Integrative Theory of Self Knowledge
by: Carruthers, Peter

Hardcover. UK, Oxford University Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 437 pages. It is widely believed that people have privileged and authoritative access to their own thoughts, and many theories have been proposed to explain this supposed fact. The Opacity of Mind challenges the consensus view and subjects the theories in question to critical scrutiny, while showing that they are not protected against the findings of cognitive science by belonging to a separate "explanatory space." The book argues that our access to our own thoughts is almost always interpretive, grounded in perceptual awareness of our own circumstances and behavior, together with our own sensory imagery (including inner speech). In fact our access to our own thoughts is no different in principle from our access to the thoughts of other people, utilizing the conceptual and inferential resources of the same "mindreading" faculty, and relying on many of the same sources of evidence. Peter Carruthers proposes and defends the Interpretive Sensory-Access (ISA) theory of self-knowledge. This is supported through comprehensive examination of many different types of evidence from across cognitive science, integrating a diverse set of findings into a single well-articulated theory. One outcome is that there are hardly any kinds of conscious thought. Another is that there is no such thing as conscious agency. Clean, like new.

Record # 386372

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Realms of Being: One-Volume Edition With a New Introduction By the Authorby: Santayana, George

Realms of Being: One-Volume Edition With a New Introduction By the Author
by: Santayana, George

Hardcover. NY, Cooper Square, reprint, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, light blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 862 pages. All four parts in one volume. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean, bright copy.

Record # 386331

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Various Thoughts on the Occasion of a Comet by: Bayle, Pierre/ Bartlett, Robert C. (Translator)

Various Thoughts on the Occasion of a Comet
by: Bayle, Pierre/ Bartlett, Robert C. (Translator)

Softcover. Albany, State University of New York , 1st thus, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 332 pages. Bayle, arguably the primary intellectual predecessor to the Enlightenment, sought in this text to undermine the influence of "superstition" in politics, particularly the superstition brought about by religious beliefs, and it is here that he first made his suggestion that a decent society of atheists is possible in principle. Translator Robert Bartlett provides extensive notes and an introduction to Bayle, his influence, and the intricacies of his thinking.

Record # 386450

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Conversations on Science, Culture, and Timeby: Serres, Michel with Latour, Bruno

Conversations on Science, Culture, and Time
by: Serres, Michel with Latour, Bruno

Softcover. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, reprint, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 204 pages. Translated by Roxanne Lapidus. Clean, bright copy. Although elected to the prestigious French Academy in 1990, Michel Serres has long been considered a maverick--a provocative thinker whose prolific writings on culture, science and philosophy have often baffled more than they have enlightened. In these five lively interviews with sociologist Bruno Latour, this increasingly important cultural figure sheds light on the ideas that inspire his highly original, challenging, and transdisciplinary essays. Clean copy.

Record # 386524

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The Lucretian Renaissance: Philology and the Afterlife of Traditionby: Passannante, Gerard

The Lucretian Renaissance: Philology and the Afterlife of Tradition
by: Passannante, Gerard

Hardcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 250 pages. With The Lucretian Renaissance, Gerard Passannante offers a radical rethinking of a familiar narrative: the rise of materialism in early modern Europe. Passannante begins by taking up the ancient philosophical notion that the world is composed of two fundamental opposites: atoms, as the philosopher Epicurus theorized, intrinsically unchangeable and moving about the void; and the void itself, or nothingness. Passannante considers the fact that this strain of ancient Greek philosophy survived and was transmitted to the Renaissance primarily by means of a poem that had seemingly been lost--a poem insisting that the letters of the alphabet are like the atoms that make up the universe. Name and date on front fly leaf, light pencil marginalia and a few underlinings.

Record # 386558

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Through the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 ADby: Peter Brown

Through the Eye of a Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD
by: Peter Brown

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 759 pages, b&w illustrations. A sweeping intellectual history of the role of wealth in the church in the last days of the Roman Empire Jesus taught his followers that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. Yet by the fall of Rome, the church was becoming rich beyond measure. Through the Eye of a Needle is a sweeping intellectual and social history of the vexing problem of wealth in Christianity in the waning days of the Roman Empire, written by the world's foremost scholar of late antiquity. Peter Brown examines the rise of the church through the lens of money and the challenges it posed to an institution that espoused the virtue of poverty and called avarice the root of all evil. Drawing on the writings of major Christian thinkers such as Augustine, Ambrose, and Jerome, Brown examines the controversies and changing attitudes toward money caused by the influx of new wealth into church coffers, and describes the spectacular acts of divestment by rich donors and their growing influence in an empire beset with crisis. He shows how the use of wealth for the care of the poor competed with older forms of philanthropy deeply rooted in the Roman world, and sheds light on the ordinary people who gave away their money in hopes of treasure in heaven. Clean copy.

Record # 386611

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Papers on Time and Tense by: Arthur N. Prior

Papers on Time and Tense
by: Arthur N. Prior

Hardcover. UK, Oxford University Press , 1st, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, in a lightly worn rose-color dust jacket with fading to spine, 166 pages. Arthur Prior (1914-1969) undertook pioneering work in intensional logic at a time when modality and intensional concepts in general were under attack. He invented tense logic and was principal theoretician of the movement to apply modal syntax to the formalization of a wide variety of phenomena. Prior and Carew Meredith devised a version of the possible worlds semantics several years before Saul Kripke published his first paper on the topic. An iconoclast and a resourceful innovator, Prior inspired many to undertake work in intensional logic. It was the extra-symbolic world that mattered to Prior, not the formal results per se. Prior was the founding father of logic in New Zealand and also a driving force behind the renaissance in British logic from 1956. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 386643

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An Analysis of Knowledge and Valuationby: Clarence Irving Lewis

An Analysis of Knowledge and Valuation
by: Clarence Irving Lewis

Hardcover. La Salle IL, Open Court Publishing , 1st, 1946, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, dark green cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine, 567 pages. The Paul Carus Lectures: Seventh Series, 1945. Name on a blank prelim page, otherwise clean.

Record # 386626

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Lucretian Receptions: History, The Sublime, Knowledge by: Hardie, Philip

Lucretian Receptions: History, The Sublime, Knowledge
by: Hardie, Philip

Hardcover. Oxford UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 306 pages. Lucretius' 'De rerum natura', one of the greatest Latin poems, worked a powerful fascination on Virgil and Horace, and continued to be an important model for later poets in antiquity and after, including Milton. This innovative set of studies on the reception of Lucretius is organized round three major themes: history and time, the sublime, and knowledge. The 'De rerum natura' was foundational for Augustan poets' dealings with history and time in the new age of the principate. It is also a major document in the history of the sublime; Virgil and Horace engage with the Lucretian sublime in ways that exercised a major influence on the sublime in later antique and Renaissance literature. The 'De rerum natura' presents a confident account of the ultimate truths of the universe; later didactic and epic poets respond with varying degrees of certainty or uncertainty to the challenge of Lucretius' Epicurean gospel. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 386720

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A Second Vindication of Mr. Locke by: Vincent Perronet /John Yolton introduction

A Second Vindication of Mr. Locke
by: Vincent Perronet /John Yolton introduction

Hardcover. Bristol UK, Thoemmes Press, reprint, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 132 pages. A facsimile reprint of the 1738 edition. Clean copy.

Record # 386667

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Il Beneficio di Cristo con le Versioni del Secolo XVI, Documenti e Testimonianze (Corpus Reformatorum Italicorum)by: Benedetto da Mantova

Il Beneficio di Cristo con le Versioni del Secolo XVI, Documenti e Testimonianze (Corpus Reformatorum Italicorum)
by: Benedetto da Mantova

Hardcover. DeKalb IL, Northern Illinois University Press, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 554 pages. Text in Italian, English and French. Clean, like-new copy.

Record # 386880

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The Classical Papers of A E Housman: Volume II 1897-1914by: Housman, A. E. (Edited by F. R. D. Goodyear)

The Classical Papers of A E Housman: Volume II 1897-1914
by: Housman, A. E. (Edited by F. R. D. Goodyear)

Softcover. UK, Cambridge University Press, reprint, 2004, Book: Very Good, Softcover, pages 423-902. Volume 2 ONLY of a three volume set of the classical articles and reviews of A. E. Housman. These papers were originally published between 1897 and 1914 in a variety of academic journals, many of which are now difficult to obtain. The editors have checked and, where necessary, supplemented and updated all the references and corrected errors in them, but have otherwise presented each paper, in full, with the minimum of editorial comment.

Record # 386931

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On the Eternity of the World (de Aeternitate Mundi)by: Proclus

On the Eternity of the World (de Aeternitate Mundi)
by: Proclus

Hardcover. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 189 pages. In the fifth century AD, Proclus served as head of the Academy in Athens that had been founded 900 years earlier by Plato. This bilingual edition comprises Proclus's 17 arguments (II-XVIII) on the eternity of the world and for the existence of God. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 386861

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Commentaires de Jean Calvin sur le Nouveau Testament. Tome quatremeby: Calvin, Jean

Commentaires de Jean Calvin sur le Nouveau Testament. Tome quatreme
by: Calvin, Jean

Hardcover. Geneva, Labor et Fides, 1st, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Epitre aux Romains. Texte etabli par Jules-Marcel Nicole avec la collaboration de Pierre Marcel et de Michel Reveillaud. Edition nouvelle publiee par la Societe Calviniste de France. Hardcover, gold cloth stamped in gilt, 380 pages. FRENCH TEXT. Name on front fly leaf otherwise clean.

Record # 387439

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The Life, Unpublished Letters, and Philosophical Regimen of Anthony, Earl of Shaftesburyby: Rand, Benjjamin (editor)

The Life, Unpublished Letters, and Philosophical Regimen of Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury
by: Rand, Benjjamin (editor)

Hardcover. Bristol UK, Thoemmes Press, reprint, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, 535 pages. This work contains Shaftesbury's philosophical notebooks from 1698 to 1712. It includes reflections on such topics as the natural affections, good and evil, God, self, the passions, pleasure and pain, nature, life, and philosophy, as well as a brief Life of the 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, by his son. A reprint of the 1900 edition. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 387955

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An Essay On the Origin of Evil (2 Volumes)by: King, William / Law, Edmund (transl.)

An Essay On the Origin of Evil (2 Volumes)
by: King, William / Law, Edmund (transl.)

Hardcover. Bristol UK, Thoemmes Press, reprint, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcovers, red cloth with gilt stamping to spines. A reprint of the 1758 Fourth Edition. Introduction by Victor Nuovo. 555 total pages plus Index. Vol. 1 with fading to spine and part of front cover, otherwise tight and clean.

Record # 397786

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Sermons of the Winterby: Hale, Edward Everett

Sermons of the Winter
by: Hale, Edward Everett

Hardcover. Boston, J. Stilman Smith & Co., 1st, 1893, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, white buckram with maroon rules and gilt lettering, decorations. 293 pages, a collection of sermons given the previous year by the author who was Minister of the South Congregational Church in Boston. From a church library with a spine label, bookplate on inside front cover and a stamp on a blank prelim page. Otherwise clean and bright.

Record # 412163

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Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Volume 13 : Logicby: Jackson, James Robert de Jager (Editor)

Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Volume 13 : Logic
by: Jackson, James Robert de Jager (Editor)

Hardcover. London, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Volume 13. 420 pages. Dust jacket spine shows sun-fade, light rubbing and some edgewear. Book itself is in very good condition with only minor foxing to the top edge. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 459631

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Kant and the Claims of Knowledgeby: Guyer, Paul

Kant and the Claims of Knowledge
by: Guyer, Paul

Softcover. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 482 pages. Previous owner's signature on front end paper, else a clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 458171

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American Originals: Homemade Varieties of Christianity by: Conkin, Paul K

American Originals: Homemade Varieties of Christianity
by: Conkin, Paul K

Hardcover. Chapel Hill NC, The University of North Carolina Press, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 336 pages. Author offers in-depth look at American made forms of Christianity from Church of Christ to Mormon to Pentecostal. Excellent reference material. Clean copy

Record # 378845

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Humanism in East Asia Confucian Contextsby: Chung-chieh Huang

Humanism in East Asia Confucian Contexts
by: Chung-chieh Huang

Hardcover. New Brunswick NJ, Transaction/Transcript, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 165 pages. Renowned Confucian scholar Huang analyzes East Asian communities to identify their Confucian humanist spirit. Bright, clean copy.

Record # 375183

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God In Action by: Barth, Karl

God In Action
by: Barth, Karl

Hardcover. Manhasset NY, Round Table Press, reprint, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacker, 143 pages. Introduction by Elmer Homrighausen. Owner's name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 374237

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